Hose-supporter



R. GORTON.A HOSE SUPPORTER.

{No Model.)

Patented Deo. 31,'.1895

l n fibrous yielding,r or elastic snrfaee to which. .-o,

of the button shall be of t A metal loop with smooth or rounded edges.

@or I muy, and as l prefer, out. the blank for l zen oi" the UnitedSintes, iosi'ilixig at Plein- New Jersey, have iu useful Improvements iny. l"ilieelnss in which the heee is held between n operates'with theloop to hold the will tongrentextent he obtnine'd.' l prefer,...howeveig-the entire head or edges of the head opening large at oneend therreduoes wear @mres -v i' Teri'r- `erroe.. A

nonicn'r mirror, or rtmnrirtn, Nen' JERSEY.'

Hoer-enero eren.

Application filed May 14, 1894.

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lie itknown that i, HUBERT GU'RTON, aeitiii'eld, in the county oi' lnionand Sta-te 0i vented certain new and v lioseoupporters, of which thefollowing is n sin sent-ion.

My invention relates to hose-supporters of button und n retaining-loopthat posses over thev button und the intervening port ion` et the vhose. 5

Thepurpose of any invention is to prevent the slipping of -the hosebetween the button and loop and to redueelto' n minimum weer ofthe-hose'h'nd"liabilit y of breaking'or tearing then'i.v flo this end lemploy n bngttonlhnving,

the garment tends -t-o cling, ne distinguished from the ni'etallhIsurfaces heretofore geiler elly-used, 'or :t button made oi suehmaterial, and I preferably make it. of rubber or other honnigeneousmaterial possessing' similar Gharneteristies adapting 'il to thepurposes of my invention. In the ordinary forni of Asupporters thebutton has a shank that; riveted or otherwise secured to a bese-plete.In such supporters the shanl. onl".r of the button may have suoli :Lcharentes-istie"surface orbody, since the surface olli-lie shrink.directly eohose-Juliet' is tosay, the hose is clamped between the shankend the end ot the loopand .if the clamping-presen re be a yielding orelastic one-v :tb such point the advantage oi my `invention he :ainemateriel as the shank, because the hose will cling to it and furtherreduce liability ot' slipping and wear.

'The ordinary ilntinetal loop that has nu and narrower at the otherinaybe employed; but to l'nrtheiqiniprove and p erteut ni'y supporter I makethe vl may, for instance, make the loop of flat wire,

the .loopfroui sheet me tzal, nndthen iu'rn or spin'over its edges.

This eonstruetion 'l'nr- -nnd liability of touring the at thi` sinne tinw there is'no danger the button.

scribed, the hond and shank be ongles,Y ibut aga-inst. e

erial No. fi11,190. No model.)

of theliose Eslipping between the loop and l3ntton, because the materialof 4the'bntton of euch character lthat the'hose "Clinge te it, nor willtheloop in use 'beoomedieengnged:from v Since the shank has n yieldingor elastic surfaee,l may eonetrict the opening in the loopinenritselennping'end, 'eo that Sonie slight strain upon the loopisrequired todraw thenconstrieted part past the button. This in effect locks the loopsind prevents its 'accidentel displacement in wie.` In the accompanyingdrawings,

L view in perspective, showin/g one form of-my inyentiomfiig; 2,- aqlongitudinal sjeetion through the 'loop thereof; Fig'. 3, a detail viewof the slotted plete upon which tliebn-ttonis mounted. Fig. 4 is esection therethrough; Fig. 5, e sheet-metal blank from which theretainingdoop is formed; Fig. 6, e plan of the Completed loop; Fig. v7,atransverse section' therethrough; Fig. 8, n-view oip another forni ofsheet metal-loop. Fig. 9 illustrates n modin 'iieation in which theelastic button is carried bye' oord, und Fig. 10 shows in section nbut.- ton with nnietnl head and elastic or yielding shank. V

In Fig. l the button-supporting plate A is of culinary construction, andthe webbing is thr .ided through slots therein, and the ends vSecured bystitching in the ordinary way.- rihe button li is of material ofthecharacter deing f nined in one piece' and' secured to theplnte, as'shown in- Fig 4, by a rivet l). I

The loop C in. Fig. l is of the usual shape@` i. e., it hns im enlargedopening and :reentrzieted end that embrztees the button when drawnlaterally into positioxniint is termed of flattened-wire, ns is seenfrom the sectional view, Fig. 2. The ends c are turned at right achother, and nre elanped bythe overl urned 'lip or edge oit-,the platel),te which the 'webbing is'nt-taehed. The button-base A that l prefer toemploy is .that indicated in Figs and 4.- OnY one side of the butt-on itis formed with two slots au, finden the other side with n Asingle slotci.' and teeth or spurs u? projecting into the elet. As soon in Fig. tthe webbing may be threaded t h rough this base, :is indicated, andthespurs hold it, stitvhng being unneeosenry.

Tniiiend of using-fiaiiienml vwire for the hiep Figure.; is

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. blank.

I prefer to malte the loop of'sheet metal and form it with rounded edgesto engage the button. Other edges may be'rounded also. In liig. I haveshown a blank for making such a loop cut from sheet metal. The twohalves ot' the blank are folded together, being bent on the line and theouter edge 1/ of the larger side of the blank is turned over upon theedge of the smaller side of the blank, as seenin Fig. 7. Theloop-opening of the larger side of the blank is smaller than that in theother side, and its inner edge z is turned over the inner edge of theloop of the smaller side of the The slots v formed on each side of theline a.' come opposite each other when the sides of the'blank are foldedtogether, and instead otpunching out the metal of the slot nearest theloop-opening in the larger side of the blank I merely make a cut of thedesired shape, leaving the lip r' attached to one edge of the slot. Thislip is then turned over on the edge of the corresponding slot in theother side of the blank. The completedloop with the two slots is shownin Fig. G.

In garnientsupporters Aof this class the strain comes upon the webbingattached to the loop, and for this reason I turn over the lip c',

, as described, so as to form a rounded face or `sired smooth roundededges. lillustrated in Fig.

edge against which the strain of the webbing is exerted.

Instead of forming a double blank, as in Fig. 5, and ymanipulating itinthe manner described, thc blank may be a single onle and hare its outeredge y, its inner edge s, and the lip r' of the slot nearest theloop-opening turned or spun 'over so as to present the de- Such, a blankis In this ligure the loop is constricted or reduced in width at Y.' forthe purpose heretofore mentioned.

Fig. l0 shows a button having a metal head b', from which the rivet-pinextends, and is surrounded with a sleeve BQ of rubber or other yieldingor elastic material. The yielding of the sides of such a buttonshankpermits the constricted part Z of the loop to be drawn past it. Iprefer, however, that the hea-d as well as the shank shall be of rubber.

Irl Fig. 9 I have illustrated a modified construction in which thewebbing is passed around the upper end of a round or fiat wiremetal loopC, and the elastic button B is attached lo a cord S secured to eyes s,formed at the sides of the loop and at the opposite ende ol the straightportion that is embraced bj.' the webbing. 1n this construction thebutton and intervening portion of the hose are ressed through the largepartei the opening in'ffhe loop, and the loop then drawn up to bring itsnarrower' part. in propt-r relation lo the button.

By making the loop as indicated in Figs. 5, G, and 8 I am enabled toemploy very thin sheet metal, since the overturned edges gire strengthand stiffness as well as a smooth rounded edge.

In my improved device, asbefore st ated, the head as well as the shankof the button may be made of elastic or yielding material. My4

against' construction provides a cushion which the hose is pressed bythe strain oi the loop, and there is no liability of the loop cuttingthe hose or becoming unfastened,'as is the case in ordinary supporters,where the fasteningsurfaces are all of metal, nor is there danger of thehead being forced through the stocking, which may occur when the head ismetallic and the stocking thin.

The rubber used in my supporter may be as elastic or yielding as thatordinarily cmployed for pencil-erasers; but it maybe cithe r softer orharder. I prefer that it shall be of about the grade mentioned. Rubberis the material best suited to my purpose, so far as I am aware; butwhen I use that term in the claims I intend to include as an equivalentany other material adapted to prevent the button from slipping andhaving characteristics simila-rto rubberand adapted tothe same.

use.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a hose supporter, tho combination of thewebbing, the loop hat i ng an opcninglarge at one end and narrower atthc other, the buttonl supporting plat-e, and the button composed of thecentral support. and the surrounding rubber port-ion, substantially asset forth.

In a hose supporter, the combination of the webbing, the loop having anopening large at one end and narrower at the other, and the rubberbutton, substantially as orth.

3. In a hose supporter, the combination of the webbing, the loop havingits inner edge turned over to form a smooth rounded edge.` andthe rubberfaced button against which the loop draws, substantially as set forth.

4. In a hose supporter, the combination of the webbing, the .supportingplate attached thereto, the button or stud mounted thereon and having aflanged head of rubber, the loop also attached to the webbing and havingan opening large at one end andA narrower at auother, substantially asand for ihr` purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hrrcunto subscribed my name.

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